Diathermy



March 4, 1930. H; s. AKERS DIATHERMY Filed Jun'e 1928- -or threeapplications even in the most peri f used in my combination;

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be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

; There are many forms of devices adapted for therapeutic diathermy butthere is none adapted to the treatment of venereal diseases such as thegonococci germs which inthe male lie along the urethral tract.

the temperature along that portion of the urethral tract to atemperature snficient to kill all of the germs.

This is a very diflicult problem because ,of the-inaccess'ibility'of theurethral tract andmy] device is adapted to and has in actual useovercome the weaknesses of the entire prior art-and has eiiectuallykilled all gonococci sistent cases because of the novel feature ofapplying intenseheat throughout the entire length of the urethral.tract.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of myedevicepartially broken away in order to show all of the construction and inuseon a patient with amedical table. Figure 2 is a side elevation of thejar used in'my combination.

Figure 3 is a vertical section of Figure 2. Figure 4 is a top plan viewof an electrode In the drawings 5 is a table in which is suspended aglass jar 6 havingan upper in- -s'et.nipple 7 to which is connectedatube'8f having at its outer end a funnel 9 mounted therein and which isadapted to be held on the outer edge of the table 5 in bracket 10. A

lower outlet nipple 11 is also mounted on the *jar 6 and an outlet tube12 having a shut ofi valve 13 of usual construction adapted to carry ofiany .wastefrom the jar 6 to a waste container 14. l I I The jar 6 has anelectrode 15 connected by a wire 16 to a source of power not shown andan electrode 17 is connected in the usual man- 'ner by wire 18 to thesource of power not shown.

A patient 19 lies on he stomach on the In'order toreach such germs andkill them in an efficient manner it is necessary to raise p r A v20',body '19 to electrode 17 wire 18 and back on one application in mildcases and on two V v such that water ma ,be added to or. withdrawn fromthejar -while the'patient is in 7. said water without disturbin 1928.Serial ITO. 282,490.

table 5 so that penis 20 han s into the jar'fi; ater. 21 in the jar 6 ist en added to or drawn off through funnel 9 or by opening valve ,13respectively until the level of the water just contacts perfectly withthe lower end of penis 20. The electrode 17 is then applied to thebackof the patient in line with ar 6 and as the usual diathermy highvoltage and low ampere cur'rentis turned on through the wires 16 and18it passes from wire 16throughelectrode 15, water 21, penis all gonococcigerms. vthroughout the entire urethra-l tract are killed a It is to benoted that my construction is position for treatment and withoutdisturbing'him so as to insuresthe exact helght of water necessary forcarrying out theopera- .tion of'my diathermy.

' I'claim:

1. In a diathermyapparatus the combination in the usual circuit. ofan'electrode adapt- 4 ed to contact with the patients back, a secondelectrode comprising a container holdin water'and means for varying theheight 0 I the atient whereby 'sufiicient heat is re uced d1'ather-.mieally throughout the ma e urethral tract to insure the killing ofgonococci germs.

for efl'ecting suflicient heat throughout the male urethral tract tokill gOllOCO'CGl germs diathermy apparatus the-combination-in the usualcircuit of electrode means comprising an elefirode adapted to'contactwith the patients comprising a container holding water and means forvarying the hei ht of said water withoutdistnrbin' the patient toinsure. ex- 'act coutact'with e outer end of thei'male organ where Lforthe entire ength 0 the male organ.-

In testimon whereof I aflix my si ature.

HERBEIXT SHERWOOD Ala ack, a second electrode the re uired heat isinsured

